Back from the dead even.
For a while, I wondered if I could bring it back. With hope, a lot of research, and about 4 consecutive 16 hour days, I have succeeded. I wound up finding a new theme; jumping into PHP with no experience and trying to recode a WordPress theme – yeah, no. Not a good idea. It would have been bad, very bad, awful. Probably for both me and my blog. While I will more than likely still learn to code, I think starting slow will be much better. I am settling for learning to document API’s for now. It is in line with my career and will add a huge branch to my skill set tree. Plus there is the added advantage of learning some code along the way. I am already familiar with enterprise infrastructure and how to document that, so hopefully this will fit into the patchwork of my multiple careers.
I am currently job hunting. Abrupt layoffs, cancelled or completed contracts, and downsizing are occupational hazards in my line of work. So is the financial hardship brought about by these events. I’m tired of never knowing when stuff like this will happen, so I am also taking steps to alleviate my insecurities. Hopefully in the next few month I will have a new website up and running to make this happen. This endeavor will take time and be labor intensive, need a real project plan, and more than one person. I have a retired husband who can help with that. I hope. He won’t stick to it if he isn’t interested, but the possible financial impact to our checking account should be a major motivator. We have run a business together before, and were very successful. I will post more on this later.